H-1B demand profile: Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1299-02, employers filed 485 Labor Condition Applications for Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians positions across 221 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 96.3% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians. Offered wages on LCAs range from $35,000 at the floor to $240,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $91,468. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians. The top sponsor is Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc (Esri) with 60 petitions at an average offered wage of $93,603, followed by Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc, Utility Data Contractors, LLC (formerly Inc), California Department of Transportation. Geographically, CA leads with 154 filings (avg $100,051), followed by TX, FL, PA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.